David Pogue (author, illustrator) wrote the weekly tech column for The New York Times for 13 years. In late 2013, he joined Yahoo to launch a new consumer tech site for non-techies: yahootech.com.
He’s also a monthly columnist for Scientific American, a three-time Emmy-winning correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, the host of four NOVA miniseries on PBS, and the creator of the Missing Manual series. He’s written or cowritten over 80 books, including 38 in this series, six in the For Dummies line (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music), two novels (one for middle-schoolers), and The World According to Twitter. In his other life, David is a former Broadway show conductor, a magician, and a funny public speaker. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Nicki, and three awesome children.
Links to his columns and videos await at www.davidpogue.com. He welcomes feedback about his books by email at david@pogueman.com.
Julie Van Keuren (editor, indexer, layout) quit her newspaper job in 2006 to move to Montana and live the freelancing dream. She and her husband, M.H.—who’s living the novel-writing dream—have two teenage sons, Dexter and Michael. Email: little_media@yahoo.com.
Phil Simpson (design and layout) runs his graphic design business from Southbury, Connecticut. His work includes corporate branding, publication design, communications support, and advertising. In his free time, he is a homebrewer, ice cream maker, wannabe woodworker, and is on a few tasting panels. He lives with his wife and four great felines. Email: phil.simpson@pmsgraphics.com.
The Missing Manual series is a joint venture between the dream team introduced on these pages and O’Reilly Media. I’m grateful to all of them, and also to a few people who did massive favors for this book.
First of all, I discovered the hard way that Windows 10 is a brand-new operating system; there’s very little up-to-date, accurate information about it. My bacon was saved by Waggener Edstrom’s Greg Chiemingo and his team, who patiently helped dig up answers to the tweakiest questions. The Microsoft team members he corralled to assist included Marcus Ash and Mohammed Samji, and I wouldn’t have known what I was talking about without them.
I also owe a debt of thanks to O’Reilly’s Nan Barber, who accommodated my nightmarish schedule with grace; and proofreaders/helpers Kellee Katagi, Judy Le, Gretchen Tipps, and Nancy Young.
In previous editions of this book, I relied on the talents of several guest authors and editors; some of their prose and expertise lives on in this edition. They include Mike Halsey, Brian Jepson, Joli Ballew, C.A. Callahan, Preston Gralla, John Pierce, and Adam Ornstein.
Finally, a special nod of thanks to my squadron of meticulous, expert volunteer beta readers who responded to my invitation via Twitter: Robin Chattopadhyay, Justin Higgins, Nora Buckley, Carlos Cordera, Rev. Robert J. Kelley, Lim Thye Chean, Jerry Peek, Joel Taylor, Kasim Hassan, Ann Hyatt Logan, Chris Rauchle, Thomas Kerber, Devin Sijan, Lou Fonolleras, Jon Colt, Cori Culp, Pete Morey, Thabo Zijlstra, Jiayan Xiang, Bob Myrick, Shaun Orpen, Jeff Franklin, and Ralph Sanchez. They’re the superstars of crowdsourcing, selfless and eagle-eyed, and they made the book a lot better.
Thanks to David Rogelberg for believing in the idea. Thanks, above all, to Nicki, my muse and my love, and the three Poguelets: Kelly, Tia, and Jeffrey. They make these books—and everything else—possible.
—David Pogue
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